reduce
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːs/
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower; To lose weight; To bring to an inferior rank
- he/she/it
- reduces
- past participle
- reduced
Meanings
- 1
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower
I think we should reduce the price.
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Could you reduce the price a little?
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- 2
To lose weight
- 3
To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote
- 4
To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off
- 5
To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capturerare
- 6
To bring to an inferior state or conditionrare
- 7
To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy)rare
- 8
To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygenrare
- 9
To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelterrare
- 10
To simplify an equation or formula without changing its valuerare